Brett Troyan

Cauca's Indigenous Movement in Southwestern Colombia

Land, Violence, and Ethnic Identity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a vivid account of how the indigenous communities of Cauca in southwestern Colombia engaged with the Colombian central state. Troyanexamines the state initiatives in the 1930s, '50s, '60s, and '70s toward indigenous communities in Cauca, whichsheds light on the political and social construction of Colombian indigenous identity.

Produktdetails

• The Peoples of "Latin" America and the Caribbean
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781498502283
• ISBN-10: 1498502288
• Artikelnr.: 42556640

Autorenporträt

Brett Troyan is associate professor of history at Cortland College, State University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Manuel Quintín Lame and his Political
Movement Chapter 3. Conversations between Indigenous Communities and the
Central State in the 1930s and 1940s Chapter 4. The 1950s: La Violencia in
Cauca, State Responses, and Riochiquito Chapter 5. The 1960s and the Birth
of Division of Indigenous Affairs Chapter 6. Ethnic Citizenship in
Colombia: The Experience of the Regional Indigenous Council of the Cauca in
Southwestern Colombia from 1970 to 1990 Conclusion